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VideoDeviceController class

Controls device settings on the camera.

Syntax

JavaScript

C++


/* For information about creating or accessing this object, see Remarks. */

Attributes

MarshalingBehaviorAttribute(Standard)
ThreadingAttribute(MTA)
VersionAttribute(NTDDI_WIN8)

Members

The VideoDeviceController class has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The VideoDeviceController class has these methods. With C#, Visual Basic, and C++, it also inherits methods from the Object class.

Method	Description
GetAvailableMediaStreamProperties	Gets a list of the supported encoding properties for the video device.
GetDeviceProperty	Gets a property on the camera.
GetMediaStreamProperties	Gets the encoding properties for the specified media stream type for the video device.
SetDeviceProperty	Sets a property on the device.
SetMediaStreamPropertiesAsync	Sets the encoding properties asynchronously for the specified media stream type for the video device.
TryGetPowerlineFrequency	Gets the local power line frequency.
TrySetPowerlineFrequency	Sets the local power line frequency.

Properties

The VideoDeviceController class has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
BacklightCompensation	Read-only	Specifies whether back-light compensation is enabled on the camera.
Brightness	Read-only	Gets or sets the brightness level on the camera.
Contrast	Read-only	Gets or sets the contrast level on the camera.
Exposure	Read-only	Gets or sets the camera's exposure time.
Focus	Read-only	Gets or sets the camera's focus setting.
Hue	Read-only	Gets or sets the camera's hue setting.
Pan	Read-only	Gets or sets the camera's pan setting.
Roll	Read-only	Gets or sets the camera's roll setting.
Tilt	Read-only	Gets or sets the camera's tilt setting.
WhiteBalance	Read-only	Gets or sets the white balance on the camera.
Zoom	Read-only	Gets and sets the camera's zoom setting.

Remarks

To get an instance of this object, retrieve the MediaCapture.VideoDeviceController property.

Note : This class is not agile, which means that you need to consider its threading model and marshaling behavior. For more info, see Threading and Marshaling (C++/CX) and Using Windows Runtime objects in a multithreaded environment (.NET).

Examples

The following example shows how to get an instance of this object.

JavaScript


function createVideoDevice() {
    var videoDev = null;
    var mediaDev = null;
    mediaDev = new Windows.Media.Capture.MediaCapture();
    videoDev = mediaDev.videoDeviceController;
}

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 8 [Windows Store apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 [Windows Store apps only]
Namespace	Windows.Media.Devices Windows::Media::Devices [C++]
Metadata	Windows.winmd

Build date: 12/4/2012